gagging
That causes one to gag.
Adjective
- That causes one to gag.
- Then the old scourge of dusk swooped down upon the warderless hoard. It is he who burns up the sky at night in long trails of yellow flame, who flies above houses in a whirlwind of shrieking wings and gagging smoke. -...
Origin
Etymology tree English gag English -ing English gagging From gag + -ing.
Forms
Noun
- A gag motion or reflex.
- She was restarted on L-DOPA later, in the middle of July, and this time the tongue-pulsions and gaggings were not evoked at all, but, on the contrary, a striking improvement occurred. - 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings:
Forms
Verb
- present participle and gerund of gag